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* ChekhovsGun: Pete's label maker tape gift from Emmy at the beginning plays a crucial role in helping Hope and Rochelle stop Malice during the climax.
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* HeelFaceTurn: In the end, Rochelle turns back into a Love Bug, helps save the day, and reconciles with her friends.
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* AssShove: As part of the "Anal Day" festivities, Maurice shoves many objects up his butt to expel them at midnight as a kind of gift giving.
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* DieHardOnAnX: The episode is a WholePlotReference to ''Die Hard'', with the Ministry of Hate taking over the HR building during an Anal Day party and various characters trying to sneak around and seize control again.
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* DieHardOnAnX: The episode is a WholePlotReference to ''Die Hard'', with the Ministry of Hate taking over the HR building during an Anal Day party and various characters trying to sneak around and seize control again. [[BetterThanABareBulb They all lampshade]] being the Bruce Willis of the situation.
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* ChekhovsGag: The joke about Maury [[AssShove shoving things up his butt to crap out at midnight]] turns out to be plot-relevant after all, as several of his contraband comes in handy as self-defense.
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* WrongGenreSavvy: Gil and Joe think being stuck in the supply closet during the takeover means the writers want them to be the heroes of the episode. Despite this, they're as incompetent as ever, accidentally sending up a dead henchman's gun instead of keeping it for self-defense.
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* SadisticChoice: Malice forces Montel to choose to shoot either their mentor Lionel or one of their parents, or else ''everyone'' in the office will die.
* UnexpectedlyDarkEpisode: This is the only episode with universal stakes which are played almost totally seriously, this being the Hate Ministry's hostile takeover and plan to spread hate throughout the world.
* WrongGenreSavvy: Subverted. Gil and Joe think being stuck in the supply closet during the takeover means the writers want them to be the heroes of the episode. Despite this, they're as incompetent as ever, accidentally sending up a dead henchman's gun instead of keeping it for self-defense. Yet they still manage to bash through the window and save their coworkers from a SadisticChoice hostage situation.
* UnexpectedlyDarkEpisode: This is the only episode with universal stakes which are played almost totally seriously, this being the Hate Ministry's hostile takeover and plan to spread hate throughout the world.
* WrongGenreSavvy: Subverted. Gil and Joe think being stuck in the supply closet during the takeover means the writers want them to be the heroes of the episode. Despite this, they're as incompetent as ever, accidentally sending up a dead henchman's gun instead of keeping it for self-defense. Yet they still manage to bash through the window and save their coworkers from a SadisticChoice hostage situation.
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The Ministry of Hate crashes Human Resources' holiday party, threatening to spread nothing but hate across the world. Rochelle must decide whether to go along with this evil plan or ally with her former friends to save humanity.
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* AgonyOfTheFeet: Gil steps on broken glass, thinking Bruce Willis was "impervious to glass" in his movie. It actually hurts his foot very much. He later gets whiny when Joe tries to pick the glass out of his foot.
-->'''Gil''': Ah! I'm pervious! I'm very pervious!
* AirVentPassageway: Joe and Gil are in the supply closet when the Ministry of Hate takes over, and decide to escape via air vent as part of the ''Die Hard'' reference.
* DieHardOnAnX: The episode is a WholePlotReference to ''Die Hard'', with the Ministry of Hate taking over the HR building during an Anal Day party and various characters trying to sneak around and seize control again.
* RunningGag: Characters repeatedly wonder if they're "the Creator/BruceWillis" of the story, in the sense the plot is similar to ''Film/DieHard''.
* WrongGenreSavvy: Gil and Joe think being stuck in the supply closet during the takeover means the writers want them to be the heroes of the episode. Despite this, they're as incompetent as ever, accidentally sending up a dead henchman's gun instead of keeping it for self-defense.
* YouMeanXMas: The episode takes place on "Anal Day," a monster holiday that's similar to Christmas, but focuses on anal sex and has the presents shoved up people's asses.
!!Tropes:
* AgonyOfTheFeet: Gil steps on broken glass, thinking Bruce Willis was "impervious to glass" in his movie. It actually hurts his foot very much. He later gets whiny when Joe tries to pick the glass out of his foot.
-->'''Gil''': Ah! I'm pervious! I'm very pervious!
* AirVentPassageway: Joe and Gil are in the supply closet when the Ministry of Hate takes over, and decide to escape via air vent as part of the ''Die Hard'' reference.
* DieHardOnAnX: The episode is a WholePlotReference to ''Die Hard'', with the Ministry of Hate taking over the HR building during an Anal Day party and various characters trying to sneak around and seize control again.
* RunningGag: Characters repeatedly wonder if they're "the Creator/BruceWillis" of the story, in the sense the plot is similar to ''Film/DieHard''.
* WrongGenreSavvy: Gil and Joe think being stuck in the supply closet during the takeover means the writers want them to be the heroes of the episode. Despite this, they're as incompetent as ever, accidentally sending up a dead henchman's gun instead of keeping it for self-defense.
* YouMeanXMas: The episode takes place on "Anal Day," a monster holiday that's similar to Christmas, but focuses on anal sex and has the presents shoved up people's asses.
